A Composer’s Sketchbook | The 1970s Track 34 | Camels Humping

To me, the rhythmic undulations of this one conjure up an image of a desert trek. When I wrote it, I was thinking of traveling music in a journey movie. All in all, it’s kind of a gentle mesmerizing piece with the characters in the movie occasionally falling asleep in the saddle and then being gently jostled awake by the interesting little recurring guitar riff that represents something unexpected along side the trail. I have also thought this might fit well with a paddle boat making its way up river in the late 1800s as it winds through the African savanna.

Written and recorded in the early 1970s.